Flat-iron heater.



PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

A. V. MANIAGHI.

FLAT IRON HEATER.

APPLICATION I'ILED DEO.20, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FLAT-IRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 794,417, dated July 11,1905. Application filed December 20, 1904. Berial No. 237,644.

To all whont it "Ml/y concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER VANGELLI MANIACHI, of Melbourne, in theState of Victoria, Australia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Flat-Iron Heaters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has been devised to provide an improved stove orapparatus by the medium of which irons for ironing clothing can beefficiently, economically, regularly, and cleanly heated.

In order that my invention may be the more easily understood, referencemay be made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is anelevation of my improved stove in section. Fig. 2 is a plan of same withhalf in cross-section, while Fig. 3 shows the peculiar form of iron usedin connection with the said stove and for which said iron Letters Patentof the United States of America have been applied for.

In the drawings, A represents a fire-box of cast-iron or similar stanchmetal and having a funnel or chimney B for conveying the spent productsof combustion from A and an ad justable damper B placed therein.

C is a feed-funnel provided with a lid C, hinged at C the whole being soarranged that fuel may, if it is desired, be supplied through funnel Ginto the fire-box A.

At the bottom of fire-box A is a capsizable circular grate D, which isfree to be tilted upon spindles DD and provided with a handle D foroperating same.

E is a circular Bunsen gas-burner, F being the gas-supply pipe theretoand provided with a stop-cock at F.

G represents lumps of clay and asbestos compounded together and arrangedregularly but loosely in the fire-box A.

H is an inlet-pipe for the supply of liquid fuel, such as hydrocarbonoil or spirit, and terminating in any suitable distributing-nozzleplaced in the body of Gr and near the bottom of same. The inletliquid-fuel pipe H is controlled by a stop-cock at H.

I is a circular standard upon which the firebox A is set and may beprovided in its interior with an ash-plate J ,.upon which dust and ashesmay collect in accordance with the kind of fuel employed in heating thefire-box A.

Surrounding the lire-box A, and with a space between same, is a cylinderK, terminating at its top in a stanch metal ring L, the cylinder Khaving a number of slots K cut away at regular intervals around its top,said slots being of such dimensions as will permit the handle of theiron to be inserted and withdrawn from time to time.

M is a metal hood provided with one or more openings, as N. The hood Mis provided with handles M, so that the said hood may be moved around inorder that the opening N may be brought above the particular positionwhere a fiat-iron is to be put or taken from.

O is the peculiarly-shaped flat-iron specially designed for working inconjunction with my improved stove. This iron 0 has a pointed or archedend O and has mounted upon it a handle P, said handle rising from a bossP and running parallel above the line of the iron O and terminating in abifurcation P said bifurcation being formed to enable the hand and clothof the operators to acquire a firm hold on the handle P during ironingoperations.

R (see Figs. 1 and 2) represents flat pressure-springs preferablydepending from L, where they are secured by rivets and exercise apressure in the direction of the fire-box A. The function of each ofthese springs is of the greatest importance, inasmuch as-they enableflat-irons of diiferent sizes to be employed in the stove, for by theirfunction the said flatirons O are always kept pressed close against theheated fire-box A. As it is an important necessity with operators whenironing different kinds of clothing to have irons of differentthicknesses, the value of this spring is easily estimated, and it willbe seen that without such spring the iron 0 would never be kept closelyin contact with the fire-box A.

In operation my invention is as follows: Presume that the stove be sizedfor ten irons and that the whole ten are being used, some large and somesmaller in dimensions. Heat is generated in the fire-box A either by thegas Bunsen arrangement playing its flame among the incombustible lumps Gor by other fuel in the fire-box A. The latter becomes heated to a highdegree. The flat-irons O, of varying sizes, are placed one by one intheir respective positions, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hood M beingmoved by the handles M, so that the opening N permits the handle P ofeach iron to be placed in its slot K. As each iron is dropped into itsplace its respective backing-spring R presses it forward and holds itagainst the heated fire-box A. The hood M is then moved around to thenext slot K and another iron inserted and this operation repeated untilall the irons have been put in their place. When it is desired towithdraw a heated iron for use, the operator brings the opening N of thehood M over such iron and then grasps the handle P of the iron withthecloth and withdraws it from its position and moves the hood again aroundfor a short distance, so that the opening at K is covered. The flat-iron0 will then be found to be thoroughly heated and at the same time to beperfectly clean, there being no ashes, soot, or dirt of any descriptionto affect the said iron. Reverting to the liquid-fuel pipe H this can beused to supply hydrocarbon liquid to maintain the combustion in thefire-box after the latter has been once made hot, and it will be seenthat my stove can be heated either by fuel dropped down through thefunnel 0 onto the fire-bars D or by a Bunsen burner or by liquid fuelbeing admitted through pipe H or by a combination of such two fuels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. A flat-iron heater comprising a centralheating-chamber, an outer concentric wall having its upper edge formedwith gaps or recesses, acover, and springs secured to the outer wallbelow said recesses and adapted to press the flat-irons toward theheating-chamher.

2. A flat-iron heater comprising a central heating achamber, an outerconcentric wall having its upper edge formed with gaps or recesses, astrengthening-band adjacent said recesses, a swiveled cover having anopening adapted to register with said gaps or recesses, and springssecured to the inside of said concentric'wall opposite saidstrengthening-band below said gaps or recesses, whereby flat ironssuspended by means of their handles engaging said recesses will bepressed toward the heatlug-chamber.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of twosubscribing witnesses.-

ALEXANDER VANGELLI MANIAOHI'.

Witnesses A. HARKER, F. SINCLAIR.-

